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A. WALTHER 8; M. SUPPLE.

GARMENT FASTENING. No. 340,644. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE IVALTHER AND MATHIAS SUPPLE, OF FONIII DU LAC, WISCONSIN.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,644, dated April27, 1886.

Application filed October 13, 1885. Serial No. 180,368.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANNIE WALTHER and MATHIAs SUPPLE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fasteningsfor Ladies Dresses, Basques, Polonaises, or otherGarments; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention,such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shank-buttons used for ladiesdresses,basques,polonaises,or other garments.

The principal object of our invention is to render it unnecessary tomake button-holes where buttons are used to fasten the meeting edges ofgarments together.

To make the numerous button holes now required in dresses and othergarments is very tedious work and takes a great amount of time. It isthe most irksome partof the dressmakers art.

Another object of our invention is to keep the buttons from standingabove the cloth.

These objects we accomplish by making the shank of the button abouttwice the usual length and twisting it so as to form two contiguous eyesrigidly attached to each other and formed of one piece of wire, as shownin Figure 1.

An ordinary hook may be used with our improved button; but we prefer touse a hook constructed with a downward curve near its point, as will behereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Fig. 1is a side elevation of a button, showing one feature of our invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of our improved hook, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of part of a ladys dress, showing the application ofour invention.

A is the button, )rovided with a shank, B, of twice the usual length,having two eyes, b b, constructed by twisting the shank at about itsmiddle part, the upper eye, I), being (No nndel.)

I used to sew the button to the garment in the following manner: A smallslit, a, is cut in the garment where the button is to be secured, theshank of the button is inserted into said slit a, and the button issecurely fastened to ment next to the button edge and on the inner faceof the garment, as shown in Fig. 3.

Hook 0 is formed with a downwardly-curved neck, 0, between the eyes 0 cand the nose 0, as shown in Fig. 2.

By avoiding the usual button-holes we not only save much valuable time,but we do not weaken the dress by cutting the long slits near itsedge,required for the usual button-holes. It will be understood that themeeting edges of the garment will have either a wide hem or be finishedby a facing, as may be desired.

By making the hook O with a descending curved portion, 0, the buttonwhen engaged therewith will hold the two meeting edges of the garmentclose together, and not gapping apart-,as is too often the case wherehooks and eyes of the common construction are used. \Ve are aware ofLetters Patent No.230,959, and therefore do not claim a separateauxiliary eye or loop linked to the shank of a button as our invention.I

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A button-fastener consisting of a button provided with tworigidly-attached eyes, one above the other, and a hook having adownwardly-projecting curved portion near its free .end, as herein shownand described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ANN IE W'ALIHER. MAT. SUPPLE.

Witnesses:

W. J. WALrHERs, O. SUPPLE.

